Because you like Mello in Death Note

Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.

Otis Milburn's mom is a sex therapist, which doesn't help when it comes to being bullied at school. See them in Sex Education.

As a psychokinetic who was raised in a lab, Eleven is finding Indiana to be a scary world. But at least she's discovered Eggo waffles. See them in Stranger Things.

Underneath his preening narcissist exterior, Schmidt is, well, still kind of a preening narcissist. But he has a good heart too. See them in New Girl.

High school is Hell, so Allison Reynolds spends her time giving herself tattoos with ballpoint pens and shaking dandruff out of her hair. See them in The Breakfast Club.

Stefan Salvatore was the golden boy when he was alive. Can he keep it up as a vampire? See them in The Vampire Diaries.

After being resurrected and discovering his new morphing abilities, Alex Mercer uses them to combat the virus now ravaging New York. See them in Prototype Series.

Jeff Winger thinks he's too cool for school, which is a problem because he just enrolled in community college. See them in Community.

Quentin Coldwater has always suspected there was something different about him, and now he has the chance to prove it. See them in The Magicians.

People make more sense to the hyper-logical Temperance Brennan after they're dead. See them in Bones.

Jackie Burkhart is a privileged princess with a healthy dose of self-confidence. See them in That '70s Show.

Phoenix Wright is an easygoing defense attorney who is rarely defensive. See them in Ace Attorney Series .